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. 1998 Oct;35(10):875–877. doi: 10.1136/jmg.35.10.875

Triophthalmia and facial clefting: a case report.

S M Tayel 1, M A Sabry 1, N A Kader 1, S Farah 1, S A Al-Awadi 1, T I Farag 1
PMCID: PMC1051469  PMID: 9783717

Abstract

We describe a Libyan boy with an unusual phenotype of multiple congenital anomalies, including triophthalmia, dolichocephaly, porencephaly, cleft lip/palate, facial asymmetry, micrognathia, and VSD. The reported phenotype is likely to represent a new entity of non-chromosomal syndromic triophthalmia. Other possibilities are discussed.

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